John 8:26

8:26 I have many things to say and to judge ¹  about you, but the Father ²  who sent me is truthful, ³  and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.” ⁴ 

John 8:42

8:42 Jesus replied, ⁵  “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. ⁶  I ⁷  have not come on my own initiative, ⁸  but he ⁹  sent me.

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¹ tn Or “I have many things to pronounce in judgment about you.” The two Greek infinitives could be understood as a hendiadys, resulting in one phrase.

² tn Grk “the one”; the referent (the Father) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “true” (in the sense of one who always tells the truth).

⁴ tn Grk “and what things I have heard from him, these things I speak to the world.”

⁵ tn Grk “Jesus said to them.”

⁶ tn Or “I came from God and have arrived.”

⁷ tn Grk “For I.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

⁸ tn Grk “from myself.”

⁹ tn Grk “that one” (referring to God).